If you’re a fan of Florist’s ambient folk melodies and subtle production, you’re probably pretty excited about the group’s latest album and October 27th headlining show at The Park Church Co-op. You’ll probably also fall for opener Lizard Kisses. The Brooklyn collective’s music has a similar melancholic minimalism, though veering in its own directions. Light on percussion, heavy on dual low-high vocals, and full of charming instrumentation like synth and glockenspiel, Lizard Kisses’ sound is somber and heartwarming at the same time. Get to the show early and see if you can resist falling for them. – Cameron Carr

2015 has been good to Brooklyn LVL UP (pictured), the umpteenth band to prove that - nothingstanding what your teacher and parents said - you can be somewhat successful by either slacking or playing rock'n'roll music - they actually do both at once! The quartet is still riding on the heels of their "Three Songs" 7", which is available now via Run For Cover/Double Double Whammy, and have announced a February tour that includes dates with two other Brooklyn bands we dig: Florist and Stove. They'll be all playing Shea Stadium on 02.25. What a wonderful opportunity to stream a song per band! It looks like Florist is actually about to release a new album - preview single below.

Today, Florist have shared the full stream for their new EP "Holdly," out October 30th on Double Double Whammy. The band plays minimalistic, super sparse melodic folk, led by Emily Sprague's subdued vocals, whose delicate whispering is matched by her band mates' gentle accompaniment. No wonder the original nucleus of the band originates from the Catskills, where silence actually exists. In relentlessly noisy NYC, Florist's music is as close as you can get to silence. Or rather, it's silence's pretty sounding cousin. The band will leave for a two week tour on November 3rd.

Emily Sprague's DIY dream folk project Florist conjures up some of the most consistently sparse and quiet music you can hear in Brooklyn these days. This is pretty much a love affair between Eily's delicate melodies, a few assorted sounds, and the hiss of cassette tape, which seems to be the band's format of choice for both recording and releasing - by the way, who would have thought, 25 years ago, that hiss would have come back to fashion? We all hated it!). The three releases to date feature some beautiful songs, like the one streaming below, title track of the 2013 six track cassette "We Have Been This Way Forever." You can see Florist live at Silent Barn on February 20.

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